U.S. States & Capital Cities
Jennifer ESL Video - Part #1 Part#2 Part#3Audio File
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Countries & Cities
Countries & Cities
Audio
PracticeAfghanistan - Kabul
Algeria - Algiers
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Austria - Vienna
Belgium - Brussels
Canada - Ottawa
China - Beijing
Colombia - Bogota
Cuba - Havana
Denmark - Copenhagen
Egypt - Cairo
France - Paris
Germany - Berlin
Hungary - Budapest
Iceland - Reykjavik
India - New Delhi
Indonesia - Jakarta
Iran - Tehran
Iraq - Baghdad
Ireland - Dublin
Israel - Jerusalem
Italy - Rome
Japan - Tokyo
Kenya - Nairobi
North Korea - Pyongyang
South Korea - Seoul
Laos - Vientiane
Netherlands - Amsterdam;
New Zealand - Wellington
Nicaragua - Managua
Norway - Oslo
Philippines - Manila
Poland - Warsaw
Portugal - Lisbon
Russia - Moscow
Spain - Madrid
Sweden - Stockholm
Switzerland - Bern
Syria - Damascus
Taiwan - Taipei
Thailand - Bangkok
Turkey - Ankara
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom - London
United States of America - Washington D.C.
Venezuela - Caracas
Vietnam - Hanoi
Stress Word Practice
Word Stress Practice
| emergency | alimony | anchovy |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Ending Consonants
Rachel's Video: Vowel Length Affected by Ending Consonant
I think we (can/can't) do it today.
| A | B | |
| 1 | bell | belt |
| 2 | car | cart |
| 3 | fell | felt |
| 4 | her | hurt |
| 5 | tore | torn |
| 6 | knees | needs |
| 7 | mill | milk |
| 8 | can | can't |
| 9 | ben | bent |
| 10 | Hun | hunt |
I think we (can/can't) do it today.
| A | B | |
| 1 | need | neat |
| 2 | rag | rack |
| 3 | hid | hit |
| 4 | mud | mutt |
| 5 | save | safe |
| 6 | ride | write |
| 7 | bud | but |
| 8 | bag | back |
More Vowels - Minimal Pairs
Rachel's Videos: 'eh' as in 'bed' 'aa' as in 'bat' 'aw' as in 'law' 'oy' as in 'toy'.'uh' as in 'butter' 'ah' as in 'father'
Sounds of American English
More Minimal Pairs
http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/vowel.htm
http://www.fuhriman.us/la.esl/minimal-pairs.html (no audio)
Sounds of American English
| A | B | |
| 1 | and | end |
| 2 | bland | blend |
| 3 | ham | hem |
| 4 | tamper | temper |
| 5 | land | lend |
| 6 | gassed | guest |
| 7 | pan | pen |
| 8 | spanned | spend |
| 9 | band | bend |
| 10 | tamp | temp |
| A | B | |
| 1 | bat | bet |
| 2 | had | head |
| 3 | paddle | pedal |
| 4 | shall | shell |
| 5 | gnat | net |
| 6 | mat | met |
| 7 | pack | peck |
| 8 | mash | mesh |
| 9 | rack | wreck |
| 10 | past | pest |
| A | B | |
| 1 | color | collar |
| 2 | nut | not |
| 3 | stuck | stock |
| 4 | luck | lock |
| 5 | come | calm |
| 6 | fund | fond |
| 7 | bum | bomb |
| 8 | wonder | wander |
| A | B | |
| 1 | beg | bug |
| 2 | ben | bun |
| 3 | dell | dull |
| 4 | messed | must |
| 5 | guess | Gus |
| 6 | jest | just |
| 7 | net | nut |
| 8 | better | butter |
| A | B | |
| 1 | all | oil |
| 2 | jaw | joy |
| 3 | paw | poi |
| 4 | brawl | broil |
| 5 | toe | toy |
| 6 | cone | coin |
| 7 | old | oiled |
| 8 | toll | toil |
More Minimal Pairs
http://streaming.ohio.edu/cas/lingCALL/vowel.htm
http://www.fuhriman.us/la.esl/minimal-pairs.html (no audio)
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Sentence Practice
- It's really too late to wait.
- What's the low down on the raw fish law?
- After a week, I think these leeks reek.
- The crew didn't' have a clue.
- If we flee, we'll be free.
- Did Blake break the plate?
- The hail got in my hair.
- The meal was a mere five dollars.
- There were very many berries in the valley.
- The big cap is a simple symbol.
- I only have half of the fee.
- Please sit in the soft seat.
- There was a lot of pressure to measure the major explosion.
- Put the sheet on the seat before you sit on it.
- Most of you must bowl with the red ball.
- She won't want to walk there.
- The frog would leap from one leaf to another .
- There's a ban on putting fans in a van.
- I wish she wasn't a witch.
- Who's got your goat?
- Would she sue the zoo?
- We hissed as we watched the conclusion.
- We ditched the party and washed our car.
Minimal Pairs
Minimal Pairs
Rachel's Videos: The L Sound The R Sound The W Sound Listen & Repeat Exercises
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English
| A | B | C | |
| 1 | lice | rice | |
| 2 | late | rate | wait |
| 3 | low | row | woe |
| 4 | law | raw | |
| 5 | lay | ray | way |
| 6 | late | rate | wait |
| 7 | lane | rain | wain |
| 8 | led | red | wed |
| 9 | lie | rye | why |
| 10 | leek | reek | week |
| A | B | |
| 1 | clue | crew |
| 2 | blue | brew |
| 3 | glass | grass |
| 4 | flee | free |
| 5 | blow | bro |
| 6 | clock | crock |
| 7 | blouse | browse |
| 8 | bled | bread |
| 9 | Blake | break |
| 10 | claw | craw |
| A | B | |
| 1 | belly | berry |
| 2 | mole | more |
| 3 | hail | hair |
| 4 | heel | hear |
| 5 | fool | four |
| 6 | file | fire |
| 7 | deal | dear |
| 8 | meal | mere |
| 9 | rebuttal | rebutter |
| 10 | cuddle | cutter |
Rachel's Videos: The b and p sounds * The f and v sounds
U of Iowa's Sounds of American English
| A | B | |
| 1 | big | pig |
| 2 | bet | pet |
| 3 | bad | pad |
| 4 | mob | mop |
| 5 | cab | cap |
| 6 | rib | rip |
| 7 | symbol | simple |
| 8 | rabid | rapid |
| 9 | stable | staple |
| 10 | nabbed | napped |
| A | B | |
| 1 | fine | vine |
| 2 | fiddle | vittle |
| 3 | flog | vlog |
| 4 | leaf | leave |
| 5 | safe | save |
| 6 | huffer | hover |
| 7 | proof | prove |
| 8 | half | have |
| A | B | |
| 1 | bat | fat |
| 2 | boat | vote |
| 3 | pile | file |
| 4 | cab | calf |
| 5 | pry | fry |
| 6 | sappy | savvy |
| 7 | cub | cuff |
| 8 | cape | cave |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | bee | pee | fee | vee |
| 2 | berry | perry | ferry | very |
| 3 | buy | pie | fie | vie |
| 4 | bile | pile | file | vile |
| 5 | bail | pale | fail | veil |
| 6 | bay | pay | fay | vay |
| bane | pain | feign | vane | |
| 8 | best | pest | fest | vest |
Rachels Videos: 's' as in 'sip' , 'z' as in 'zip' , 'sh' as in 'ship' , 'j' as in 'jar' , 'ch' as in 'char' , 'dj' as in 'measure'
Sounds of American English
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1 | Sue | zoo | shoe | chew | Jew |
| 2 | cass | Kaz | cash | catch | |
| 3 | sear | zir | sheer | cheer | Jeer |
| 4 | sane | zane | Shane | Chain | Jane |
| 5 | lease | Lee's | leash | leech | |
| 6 | sip | zip | ship | chip | gyp |
| 7 | seep | sheep | cheap | jeep | |
| 8 | leased | leashed | leeched |
| A | B | |
| 1 | major | measure |
| 2 | pressure | pleasure |
| 3 | Confucian | confusion |
| 4 | ledger | leisure |
| 5 | conclusion | |
| 6 | division | |
| 7 | exposure | |
| 8 | explosion | |
| 9 | supervision | |
| 10 | treasure |
This sure is a confusing conclusion.
| A | B | |
| 1 | ditched | dished |
| 2 | matched | mashed |
| 3 | hatched | hashed |
| 4 | hitched | hissed |
| 5 | watched | washed |
Rachel Videos: The ih as in site Sound * The ee as in She Sound * oh as in No sound * aw as in Law Sound * EE vs ih: Tense vs. Lax
| A | B | |
| 1 | seat | sit |
| 2 | peak | pick |
| 3 | eel | ill |
| 4 | leave | live |
| 5 | meal | mill |
| 6 | peel | pill |
| 7 | reach | rich |
| 8 | teen | tin |
| 9 | seek | sick |
| 10 | deep | dip |
| 11 | liter | litter |
| 12 | beaker | bicker |
| A | B | |
| 1 | boat | bought |
| 2 | low | law |
| 3 | hole | hall |
| 4 | close | clause |
| 5 | bowl | ball |
| 6 | most | must |
| 7 | won't | want |
| 8 | goat | got |
| 9 | shown | Shawn |
| 10 | oaf | off |
| 11 | coast | cost |
| 12 | woke | walk |
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
End of the Word Consonant Clusters
| A | B | |
| 1 | bell |
belt |
| 2 | car |
cart |
| 3 | fell |
felt |
| 4 | her |
hurt |
| 5 | tore |
torn |
| 6 | knees |
needs |
| 7 | mill |
milk |
| 8 | can |
can't |
| 9 | ben |
bent |
| 10 | Hun |
hunt |
Audio Practice File
L-R-W Consonants
| A | B | C | |
| 1 | lice | rice | |
| 2 | late | rate | wait |
| 3 | low | row | woe |
| 4 | law | raw | |
| 5 | lay | ray | way |
| 6 | late | rate | wait |
| 7 | lane | rain | wain |
| 8 | led | red | wed |
| 9 | lie | rye | why |
| 10 | leek | reek | week |
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